HELP LOCAL BLUES ARTISTS GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE FOR FREE!!!

I just received the following from Christian Dozzler in his monthly calendar e-mail: Dear friends of the blues, Please vote for me, I’m running for Governator of Texas! Now that I got your attention: You can help Robin Banks and me with your vote to get a feature article in Blues Revue, the biggest blues magazine worldwide. They have finally reviewed our CD “Livin’ Life” from 2009, which automatically enters us in a contest, where the 4 bands with the most votes will be featured in the next issue. Please cast your vote at http://bluesrevue.com/2011/03/the-band-contest-march-april-2011 In the field “place vote for” scroll down to our names. You can also win something. Thanks a lot! You can vote for 4 bands. In addition to Christian and Robin, there are also listings to vote for KM Williams, Cookie McGee and Dr Wu and Friends (containing a literal who's who of Ft. Worth Blues royalty, including Buddy Whittington). Of course, those are just my suggestions. There are many fine, deserving blues artists to choose from. But choose quickly - voting is on now and voting ends April 7th.

WWBTW?

That translates into What Will Big Tex Wear.

Being a practical Texan, the big guy prefers Dickie's, made for him in Ft. Worth.

Every three years, he gets new duds, and this is the year for it. (This is also the 125th Anniversary for The State Fair of Texas http://www.bigtex.com/ )

Through April 11th, go to Dickie's Facebook page (facebook.com/dickies) to vote for one of the three possible shirt designs.

And then come see the results at this years State Fair of Texas - Sept. 30 - Oct. 23.

THIS WEEKEND!!! 2ND ANNUAL KNON FT. WORTH BLUESFEST!!

Saturday, March 19
KNON 2ND ANNUAL FORT WORTH BLUESFEST – KEY’S LOUNGE – FT. WORTH

ADVANCE TICKETS $10 AVAILABLE AT WWW.KNON.ORG, KEY’S LOUNGE, BILLS RECORDS IN DALLAS, RECORD TOWN IN FT. WORTH, FORVER YOUNG RECORDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND ALL RED HOT & BLUE BBQ LOCATIONS!!

$15 AT THE DOOR DAY OF SHOW

BBQ BEING SOLD FOR $10 A PLATE BY RED HOT & BLUE BBQ

HOSTED BY BLUE LISA - DAY I - DOORS OPEN AT 3 pm
3:15 – 4:00 MIKE JOHNSON BAND
4:15 – 5:00 TBA

5:15 – 6:15 RICK KELLEY & THE FT. WORTH BLUES BAND
6:30 – 7:30 JACKIE DON LOE & JAMES HINKLE
7:30 – 7:40 RAFFLE
7:45 – 8:45 TRAINRECK (KM WILLIAMS & WASHBOARD JACKSON)
9:00 – 10:00 KENT VICEROY & THE SUPER KINGS
10:15 – 11:15 BRUTON-PRICE SWINGMASTERS REVUE
11:30 – 11:45 RAFFLE
11:45 – 12:45 PAUL BYRD W/SPECIAL GUEST CHRIS ZALES SITTING IN FOR A COUPLE

Sunday, March 20
KNON 2ND ANNUAL FORT WORTH BLUESFEST – KEY’S LOUNGE – FT. WORTH

ADVANCE TICKETS $10 AVAILABLE AT WWW.KNON.ORG, KEY’S LOUNGE, BILLS RECORDS IN DALLAS, RECORD TOWN IN FT. WORTH, FORVER YOUNG RECORDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND ALL RED HOT & BLUE BBQ LOCATIONS!!

$15 AT THE DOOR DAY OF SHOW

BBQ BEING SOLD FOR $10 A PLATE BY RED HOT & BLUE BBQ
HOSTED BY BLUE LISA - DAY II - DOORS OPEN AT 3PM
3:15 – 4:00 AARON BURTON
4:15 – 5:00 ROB DONAVAN
5:15 – 6:00 PAUL HARRINGTON BAND
6:15 – 7:00 THE BULLDOGS
7:15 – 8:15 TONE SOMMER, GONZY TREVINO & JOSH WEATHERS
8:15 – 8:30 RAFFLE
8:30 – 9:15 CHERYL ARENA BAND W/HASH BROWN
9:30 – 10:30 HOLLAND K. SMITH
10:45 - CLOSE VOODOO BLUE

THIS SHOW BENEFITS KNON AND OUR BIG TEXAS BLUES RADIO PROGRAMMING!!

Label of love: Eddie Stout's on a mission

Great article on Dialtone Records out of Austin, who released the latest KM Williams CD "When I Rise" that's charting all over the world. That's the one that Andrea Dawson, Hash Brown, Washboard Jackson and myself are on as well.

Being an unpaid volunteer at KNON for over 11 years myself to present "Big Texas Blues", I understand and appreciate a guy like Eddie. Keeping the blues alive is certainly NOT about the money!

Label of love: Eddie Stout's on a mission

2ND ANNUAL KNON FORT WORTH BLUESFEST!

Mark your calendar and get your tickets now!!

Stellar blues in your own back yard Fort Worth!

Expanded seating!!

And we're doing it 2 days this year!!!

Delicious food for sale ($10 a plate) from Red Hot & Blue

2nd Annual KNON FT Worth Bluesfest T-shirts available this year in a limited run of 30 - get yours as soon as you get in the door. Price TBA.

Tickets $15 per day at the door day of show BUT get your advance tickets now for only $10 per day at All Red Hot & Blue Locations, Key's Lounge - Ft. Worth, Record Town - Ft. Worth (tell Sumter Blue Lisa says hi!), Forever Young Records - Grand Prairie (tell Gregg A. Smith Blue Lisa says hi! and check out the funny video about the fest with me and Colleen on their Facebook site), Bills Records - Dallas, and our website at www.KNON.org

My apologies to the Bulldogs Blues Band who will also be appearing at the fest on Sunday. New posters are being made with your name on it guys.

FYI - I hear they will be hanging the posters in the bathrooms at Red Hot & Blue - in the stalls in the ladies and over the urinals in the men's. Probably not the first time my name has appeared on the wall over a urinal!

OOO - BOY DID YOU MISS A COUPLE OF GREAT SHOWS THIS PAST WEEKEND IF YOU WERE'NT AT THE KNON DALLAS BLUESFEST.

The highlight for me? Having Buddy Whittington invite me on stage to sing with him and his amazing band! Too cool - Thanks Buddy!!! (That's Buddy's wonderful wife Cathy on the left. Thanks for sending me the picture!)

KNON 12TH ANNUAL DALLAS BLUESFEST

RED HOT & BLUE PRESENTS THE 12TH ANNUAL KNON DALLAS BLUESFEST SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 30

Saturday line up and times:
11:30 Buddy Whittington
10:15 Soul Revue with Lou Hampton and Bobby Paterson featuring Jackie Don Loe
9:00 Holland K Smith
7:45 Mike Morgan and the Crawl
6:30 Pete Barbeck
5:30 Cheryl Arena
4:30 Bulldogs
3:30 The Rub
3:00 pm Doors

Sunday Line up and Times
9:00 Denny Freeman
7:45 TBA
6:30 Joel Foy and The Blue Royals
5:15 Jason Elmore and Hoodoo Witch
4:15 Junior and the Journeymen
3:00 Chris Watson
3:00 pm Doors

GET MORE INFO AND TICKETS AT http://www.knon.org/

FYI: MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL KNON FT. WORTH BLUESFEST COMING IN MARCH!!